Highways Project Manager, £40,000 - £50,000, Lewes, Sussex

My client is looking to recruit a Highways Project Manager to successfully manage the delivery of highway projects, ensuring project requirements, clients specifications and company objectives are fully met, and to develop and manage a highways team, providing advice and guidance to staff.

The successful candidate will join a large highways that team providing services for a number of clients mainly Highways Agency and Local Authorities. Current contracts include ECI contracts within the North West and South West, MAC commissions within the Midlands and North East, and Local Authority commissions including Herefordshire, Bedfordshire and Plymouth.

If you've driven on a motorway, travelled on the Tube, been into a local school or used council services, there is a good chance you've benefited from the work that my client does. As one of the leading integrated public service providers in the country, the extensive scope of their work means that day in, day out, they touch the lives of millions.

With over 10,000 employees and a turnover £1.5 billion they are ideally placed to give you a rewarding and long lasting career.

Responsibilities:

- Responsibility for highways project development and delivery, including managing key client relationships and winning new business

- Development and management of a highways team, including managing growth and technical/professional development of existing staff

- Management and motivation of employees in a way that encourages an inclusive approach and to harness the full range of qualities of our staff

- To ensure the protection of the health and safety of our employees and all those affected by our operations

- To ensure the customer is at the heart of all we do including the client, stakeholders and the public at large

- To act as the main point of contact with Client Project Managers

- Management of highways design projects, in accordance with relevant design codes of practice, standards and advice notes

- To ensure that the planning and management of activities is always focussed on delivering the best possible service

- Preparation and management of project programmes and budgets

- Delivery of sound and innovative technical and practical solutions

- Preparation of reports and scheme cost estimates

- Consultations including meetings with third parties and clients

- To comply with management systems and procedures

- To ensure that environmental considerations are given top priority in all that we do

- To deliver a service that continually improves

The Individual

They are looking for an experienced project managers with strong technical highways design related skills, who can actively manage and develop a growing team and interface seamlessly with clients.

Requirements

- Experience in the feasibility and preliminary design of highways schemes, including where applicable: major improvement schemes, traffic calming, safety schemes, junction improvements, cycleway schemes and local highway improvements

- Degree in Civil Engineering

- Chartered status or equivalent qualification

- Team management experience preferable 

- Computer literate with knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite

- Conversant with highways design software

Benefits:


- Pension scheme

- Life assurance

- 24 days holiday (minimum)

- Maternity / paternity leave

- Parental leave

- Career breaks

- Option to buy additional days of holiday

- Dental Insurance

- Travel insurance

- Personal Accident Insurance

- Tax efficient provision of bikes

- Health Cash Plan

- Childcare vouchers

- Tax free charitable giving

- Pre-retirement seminars















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